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| Neath Anor, Ithil, and Gil by Larner | 10 Review(s) |
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| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 12/15/2007 |
| Most lovely! A capsule form of both "The Hobbit" and of Bilbo's part in the "Rings" tales. Could it be, perhaps, "Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb?" Author Reply: Yes, the rhythms and rhymes of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" were the inspiration, although I have a different tune for it in my mind. Now, to get a website created where I might post it one day! So glad you felt it fit Bilbo's life. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 10/27/2007 |
| I love it, love it, love it! You know that after so many beautiful proofs of how absolutely untrue it is you can never, according to the Poets’ Code of Honor, legally say you’re not a poet again, right? *grins* Very clever and touching, especially the end and the way you connected it to the beginning. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Considering your own gift of poetry, I'll accept that as a high compliment, my Lady. Thank you! | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/16/2007 |
| Sorry for the late review! Larner, that was wonderful! All the details are here, in these few lines, Bilbo's many adventures summed up. As I told you before, I am myself absolutely hopeless with rhymes, so I am even more impressed with the form you used for this. Author Reply: Thnks so much, Kitty. Now and then Bilbo needs so personal attention--if he'd not proved such a special Hobbit himself, then would we have ended up with OUR Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Fredegar? | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/13/2007 |
| Oh, a sweet ballad, very...swingy...is that a word? heheh The alliteration works very nicely. The Lights in Sam and Frodo he nurtured, there within Bag End. Wonderful ending, and very true! ~~~~{~@ Author Reply: A bit swingy, although if you remember your childhood I bet you can think of one tune that this would fit--Heh! Thanks for the feedback, Armariel. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/13/2007 |
| I want to hear the tune that has got to go with this! *Holds recorder at the ready!* Author Reply: I had a tune the other night it was going with perfectly, and by the next morning that tune had disappeared off the face of my tired brain. Although if you think back to your childhood you might think of another tune that it would fit--the words to which inspired the rhyme scheme. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/13/2007 |
| A very nice retelling of Bilbo's tale.Is it to a tune?It seemed almost as if I wanted to hum it. Author Reply: I was directly inspired by a poem I've known since I was a very little girl, although the tune to which I was humming it in my head wasn't the same one as the one to which the poem is usually sung here in the States, at least. Am so glad so many realize this one was intended to be sung. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/12/2007 |
| Until the day when with the dawning another ship brought Sam to join him. Treasure restored, they knew thanksgiving till to Bilbo’s side they drew. * Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit, a wise old Hobbit, a faithful Hobbit. The Lights in Sam and Frodo he nurtured, there within Bag End. The whole thing was great, but the ending was most wonderful and that Bilbo was able to see his Frodo-lad restored to him and met his Maker. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Am so very glad you liked it, Antane. And to remain long enough to see Frodo well on the road to recovery must have meant a great deal to the old fellow. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/12/2007 |
| What a beautiful and touching way to tell Bilbo's story. Author Reply: Am so glad you enjoyed it, Shirebound. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/12/2007 |
| A lovely eulogy, deceptively simple and yet complete. Author Reply: Oh, I'm so glad you like it. Yes, a eulogy of sorts for our favorite eccentric Hobbit, looking at him from the point the Took escaped in him. Thanks so much, Lindelea. And love to all. Hope your camping was fun. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/12/2007 |
| Oh very nice! What a lovely tribute to Bilbo! I loved this part: Oh, Bilbo Baggins flew with Eagles, taunted spiders, haunted cellars, stuffed Dwarves in barrels and rode the river all for friendship’s sake. The scansion and rhythm is perfect, and I love the internal rhyme of "taunted" and "haunted"; and the last line is such a true description of Bilbo's hobbity motives--for though he may have undertaken the Adventure out of stung Tookish pride and Gandalf's prodding, by that time he had begun to think of those cranky, persnickety Dwarves as his friends. And everyone knows what a hobbit will do for his friends! This is a very interesting verse-form that I do not believe I've come across before: did you make it up, or is it something else? At any rate, I like it! Author Reply: Blame White Gull! Have been filling my heart with her poems, catching up on a LOT I seem to have missed since they were posted, and this came out. As I wrote it I could hear the tune to which it was sung, a tune I cannot seem to hear this morning as I reread it. Here and there I found the internal rhymes slipping in; this one did work perfectly. I have a feeling I didn't actually write that--it was writing itself at that point. But sometimes I feel I don't give Bilbo enough of his own stories, and once in a while an actual poem does work on me. | |